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From: bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: A simple question on RISC
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Date: 2 Nov 88 04:40:29 GMT
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>...RISC technology (which actually was there before CISC).

This is a common misconception.  Before machine architectures got as
complex as the 370 and VAX, there were indeed simple machines.  But
they were not RISCs.  RISC means more than simplicity, it means the
*right* simplicity.  The PDP-8 is a very simple machine, but it is
hardly a RISC.